• Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Long as we have to depend on chemical propellants, the moon is as far as we’ll ever get

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      15 hours ago

      Well the solar panels all deployed and are charging, but yeah using chemical burns isn’t good for much beyond orbital movement

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        15 hours ago

        Still need a reliable method to convert the power gained from solar into propulsion with enough force so that it won’t take a decade to get anywhere

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          10 hours ago

          The nuclear reflection engine is still our best bet, I feel like it may take actual zero G experiments to solve but I think we can achieve fusion